Does public consultation affect policy formulation? Negotiation strategies between the administration and citizens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11488474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tae-Hee Choi (0000-0001-8840-4082, University of Southampton, corresponding author), Yee-Lok Wong (National University of Singapore), Yee Lok Wong (0000-0001-8071-8351, National University of Singapore) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 455-479 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02680939.2023.2269373 |
| OpenAlex | W4387877802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 37 |
While public consultation is a signature process of democratic policy formulation, many governments manoeuvre to refract citizen's opinions or conduct it perfunctorily.Using the case of a medium of instruction policy in Hong Kong, this article unveils the strategies that the state and citizens employ to put their opinion through to the final policy text, during a public consultation process.Recent literature has identified the mechanisms through which individual actors or organisations contribute to broad policy agenda-setting or policy programme development.However, yet to be investigated is how they -sometimes with conflicting interestscollectively negotiate a policy with the state via public consultations.This paper investigates this very phenomenon, building on previous work conducted in the public policy field, analysing 51 government-generated documents through both thematic content analysis and critical discourse analysis.The paper uncovers four strategies adopted by administrations (non-commitment, case closure, disengagement for irrelevance, and placation) to evade citizens' equity-oriented demands and stakeholders' three counter strategies (mobilising other stakeholders into a coalition, reopening the case pointing out a new problem, and appealing by affirming relevance).The state's discrete refusals and stakeholders' conjoint reengagement tactics draw our attention to the complexity and subtlety involved in negotiation via public consultations
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |